(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Albrecht Brand
Born: 14 Jan 1888 in Neiße, Upper Silesia (Oberschlesien)
Died: 31 Dec 1969 in Ebernberg
Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (27 Jan 1908); Fähnrich (18 Jun 1908); Leutnant (27 Jan 1909); Oberleutnant (24 Dec 1914); Hauptmann (18 Aug 1916); Major (01 Feb 1928); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1932); Oberst (01 Jun 1934); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1937); Generalleutnant (01 Oct 1939)
Career:
Entered Army Service (01 Oct 1907)
Fahnenjunker in the 41st Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1907-01 Oct 1912)
Adjutant of the II. Battalion of the 41st Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1912-22 Aug 1914)
Wounded three times, in hospital (22 Aug 1914-13 Mar 1915)
Detached to the Artillery-Tests-Commission, Berlin (13 Mar 1915-01 Oct 1915)
Transferred to the 41st Field-Artillery-Regiment in the Field (01 Oct 1915-04 Oct 1915)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 41st Field-Artillery-Regiment (04 Oct 1915-01 Sep 1916)
2nd Adjutant of the 9th Infantry-Division (01 Sep 1916-11 Apr 1917)
Transferred into a General-Staff-Office of the 187th Infantry-Division (11 Apr 1917-27 Apr 1917)
General-Staff-Officer in Army High Command 1 (27 Apr 1917-11 Aug 1917)
Detached to the 187th Infantry-Regiment for Training as Company and Battalion Leader (03 Jul 1917-11 Jul 1917)
Detached to the 12th Exercise-Course at the General-Staff-School in Sedan (12 Jul 1917-19 Jul 1917)
Transferred into a General-Staff-Office of the 187th Infantry-Division (11 Aug 1917-29 Nov 1917)
Transferred into a General-Staff-Officer of the X. Reserve-Corps (29 Nov 1917-27 Feb 1918)
Transferred into the Army General Staff, while retaining his previous position (27 Feb 1918-18 Oct 1918)
Sick-Leave, in hospital (18 Oct 1918-04 Jan 1919)
Transferred into the 41st Field-Artillery-Regiment (04 Jan 1919-19 Jan 1919)
Officer of the Army and Transferred to the 10th Infantry-Division for Special Use (19 Jan 1919)
General-Staff-Officer of the 10th Field-Artillery-Brigade (19 Jan 1919-08 Apr 1919)
General-Staff-Officer of the 10th Infantry-Brigade (08 Apr 1919-05 Jul 1919)
General-Staff-Officer with Infantry-Leader V (05 Jul 1919-10 Feb 1920)
General-Staff-Officer with the 5th Reichswehr-Brigade (10 Feb 1920-01 Oct 1920)
At the same time, Detached to the Foreign-Office/German-Polish Border-Commission (25 Feb 1920-28 Jun 1920)
General-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the 3rd Division (01 Oct 1920-13 Jun 1921)
Detached to the Staff of Infantry-Leader III (13 Jun 1921-15 Jun 1921)
Transferred into the Staff of Infantry-Leader III (15 Jun 1921-10 Apr 1922)
Detached to the Staff of the 3rd Division (10 Apr 1922-12 May 1922)
General-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the 3rd Division (12 May 1922-01 Oct 1925)
Transferred into the 2nd Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1925-01 May 1926)
Battery-Chief in the 2nd Artillery-Regiment (01 May 1926-01 Feb 1929)
Detached to the Artillery-Firing-Course in Königsbrück (27 May 1926-07 Jul 1926)
Detached to Surveying-Course in Münsingen (30 Sep 1928-04 Nov 1928)
Transferred to the Staff of Infantry-Leader V (01 Feb 1929-01 Oct 1931)
Transferred to the Staff of the 5th Division (01 Oct 1931-01 Feb 1933)
Commander of the IV. Battalion of the 3rd Artillery-Regiment (01 Feb 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Commander of Artillery-Regiment Naumberg (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Commander of the 14th Artillery-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-15 Jun 1936)
Commandant of the Fortifications at Königsberg, Prussia (15 Jun 1936-21 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 311th Infantry-Division (21 Aug 1939-10 Nov 1939)
Commandant of the Fortifications at Königsberg, Prussia (10 Nov 1939-01 Dec 1941)
Commandant of the Fortifications in East Prussia (01 Dec 1941-15 Jul 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (15 Jul 1943-15 Aug 1943)
Detached to OKH, Chief of the Army-Armaments and Commander of the Replacement-Army (15 Aug 1943-01 Oct 1943)
Chief of the Army-Museum (01 Oct 1943-08 May 1945)
In captivity (08 May 1945-31 Mar 1947)
Released (31 Mar 1947)

Awards & Decorations:
- - 1939 EK I –S-
- - 1939 EK II –S-
- - 1914 EK I
- - 1914 EK II
- - Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Silber
- - Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- - Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- - Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung I Klasse


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